Hikvision Smart thermal camera winner in Fire and Explosion category of GIT Security Award...

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative video security products and solutions, has won a GIT Security Award for its Thermal Explosion Proof Camera (DS-2TD2466T-25X). In a vote by GIT’s security professional readers, the...

National Crime Records Bureau pushes back facial recognition bid deadline again

After pushing the deadline back five times, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in India is still accepting bids for a national facial recognition-based platform of facial images to January 31, 2020, citing “administrative...

Railway stations to have smart cameras for facial recognition

Indian Railways in an effort to improve the overall security of the passengers travelling in the trains has decided to install smart cameras in its premises. Railways has said in a statement that it...

B Link connects police to business and household security cameras

Mayor Joe Hogsett and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Chief Bryan Roach kicked off a new initiative to help keep residents safe. Powered by Motorola Solutions, B.Link Indy is connecting the police department with...

India erecting new ‘steel fence’ along Pakistan, Bangladesh borders

India is erecting a new non-cut 'steel fence' to plug vulnerable and infiltration-prone patches along its sensitive border with Pakistan and Bangladesh, officials have said. They said the single-row fence, with loops of concertina...

Private security firm mounts UK’s first private prosecutions for theft

A private police service is mounting the UK’s first private prosecutions for theft and other “minor” crimes because it claims the police have “given up” taking them to court. The private firm, which provides...

Ring, Amazon sued by man who says hacker bothered his kids

A man is suing doorbell maker Ring and its parent company, Amazon, after he says a hacker communicated with his children over the internet-connected camera he had bought as “additional security” for his family....

Entire Bosch portfolio to incorporate AI by 2025

For Bosch the focus is on safe and robust AI for the manufacture of smart products, which the company will be showcasing at this year’s CES. One of these products is the Virtual Visor:...

Government to remove NSG commandos from VIP security duties

After effecting a major VIP security cut and withdrawal of SPG cover from the Gandhis, the Union government has now decided to completely remove NSG commandos from this task, official sources said. This will...

Privacy group sues MTA over use of facial recognition at Times Square subway station

A privacy group is suing the MTA over its apparent use of facial recognition technology at a busy Manhattan subway station – though the agency claimed the tech was fake to scare people out...